From the Field
Museums as Community Infrastructure Museums can help communities become better, stronger and more resilient. Rather than focusing on museums as institutions, the American Alliance of Museums annual report for 2022, TrendsWatch: Museums as Community Infrastructure, makes the case that museums are a vital part of community infrastructure that helps communities strengthen and stabilize. The report […]
From the Research Team
New Profiles of States’ Creative Economies NASAA’s Creative Economy State Profiles have been freshly updated with new arts and cultural production data. Produced in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, the interactive dashboard visualizes details about the creative economy in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This update features data from […]
From the Field
Community Planning and the Arts in Indiana A new report on arts and economic development in Indiana, Planning with Arts & Culture, has been produced for the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) by Ball State University. The report surveyed Indiana municipal government leaders, tourism offices and community foundation offices to better understand how communities perceive and […]
State Arts Agency Revenues, Fiscal Year 2022
NASAA has released its Fiscal Year 2022 State Arts Agency Revenues report with the latest aggregate and state-specific data. While FY2021 reflected the financial difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reopening of economies and enhanced federal pandemic aid expanded state budgets for a rebound in FY2022. Legislative appropriations to state arts agencies (SAAs) rose more […]
From the Field
Pandemic’s Impact on Museums More than 700 museum directors shared their pandemic experiences in a survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums. The resulting report, National Snapshot of COVID-19 Impact on United States Museums (fielded December 2021-January 2022), includes their responses about museum closures, layoffs and financial losses; what museums are doing to cope; […]
State Panel Cover Sheets Now Available
Every year, NASAA creates state panel cover sheets that give detailed overviews of each state and territory’s legislative appropriations and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding history, as well as a statewide demographic profile. The panel cover sheets are used as part of the NEA State Partnership Agreement panel review and facilitate a better […]
From the Field
Performing Arts Ticket Sales and Vaccination Rates SMU/DataArts has published a follow-up study on how vaccination rates may affect performing arts ticket sales through March 2022. When Will Arts Attendance Return? replicates a study that examined ticket sales data in 2021. This updated study examined 51 performing arts organizations across the country. It shows their […]
From the Research Team
New Look for NASAA’s Grant Making Page! NASAA’s Research team has given our Grant Making web page a makeover! To ensure our Grant Making page is easier to use and more accessible, we have rearranged all our research by subject and reformatted the sections to make navigating the page more intuitive. There is also a […]
From the Field
COVID-19 and Public and Private Funding Two new reports examine how state government and local organizations continue to react to and face challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pew Charitable Trusts’s article, How States Are Using Pandemic Relief Funds to Boost Broadband Access, examines the use of federal funds to expand broadband to underserved […]
From the Research Team
State Arts Legislation Roundup for 2021 NASAA has released its State Legislative Roundup 2021, the latest in its annual review of state legislation important to state arts agencies and the arts community. As legislatures adapted and responded to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, NASAA continued to track bills affecting the spectrum of cultural policy, […]